UGC NET Questions (Paper – 1)

Statements A and B correctly describe key settings in seating puzzles, including linear and circular arrangements. Statement C is also true when everyone faces the centre, because moving to the left corresponds to moving clockwise. Statement E is correct since sketching diagrams reduces errors under time pressure. Statement D is false because without specifying a reference like North, we cannot assign absolute directions such as East on a circle. Therefore, the combination A, B, C and E only includes all correct statements and excludes the false one.

Option A:
Option A is incomplete because it omits E, even though using diagrams is an important and correct strategy for such puzzles. Thus it does not list all the true statements and cannot be the right answer.

Option B:
Option B is correct since it brings together all correct points and leaves out D, which wrongly assumes that absolute directions are always meaningful in circular seating without a fixed reference.

Option C:
Option C is incorrect as it includes D, which is false, and omits A, thereby losing the description of linear arrangements while endorsing an incorrect claim about absolute directions.

Option D:
Option D is wrong because it keeps D, the faulty statement about East, and misses B and C, so it both includes a false statement and omits two true ones.

Statement A is the only wrong statement. In linear arrangements, “to the left of B” usually means anywhere to the left (not necessarily immediate), unless words like “immediately/next to” are used. B, C, D and E are correct standard principles for interpreting directions, handling mixed facings, using diagrams, and recognising multiple-solution cases. Thus A alone is wrong.

Option A:
Option A is incorrect because it treats B as wrong along with A, even though B is correct when everyone faces the same direction.

Option B:
Option B is wrong since it pairs A with C as wrong, but C is correct for mixed facing directions.

Option C:
Option C is incorrect because it calls B and C wrong, even though both are standard rules.

Option D:
Option D is correct as it isolates A, which over-restricts “to the left of” to immediate neighbours.